Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 7,286 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Elmer Samuel Imes (1883-1941)
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Julius Winfield Erving II (1950- )
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(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”
Effa Manley
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Effa Louise Manley (1897-1981)

Explore Global African History

Guinea and Ethiopia regions, 1743
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The African Civilization Society (1858-1869)
Lamine Senghor, February 1927
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(1927) Lamine Senghor, “The Negro’s Fight for Freedom”
Emecheta Buchi
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Florence Onye Buchi Emecheta (1944- )
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Kenia Martinez (1988– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Early 20th Century Harlem Radicalism
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African America’s First Protest Meeting: Black Philadelphians Reject the American Colonization Society Plans for Their Resettlem
Edythe Turnham and Her Knights of Syncopation, Seattle, 1925
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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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